blogpost: https://fromlongisland.com/2023/10/rally-support-israel-eisenhower-park/ East Meadow, New York, U.S. October 10, 2023. Thousands attend a rally at Eisenhower Park to show support for Israel following the surprise Hamas attacks over the weekend. Nassau County Executive Blakeman hosted the nonpartisan interfaith event.

blog post: https://fromlongisland.com/2024/09/candidates-lisa-lin-ellen-lederer-defrancesco/ Merrick, New York, U.S. September 17, 2024. Democrats LISA LIN, candidate for NYS Senate District 5, and ELLEN LEDERER DEFRANCESCO, candidate for NYS Assembly District 14, have Coffee with the Candidates campaign event. The event was billed as 'The Common Sense Candidates - Talking about issues that matter to you.'

blog post https://fromlongisland.com/2024/04/gov-paterson-sands-casino-merrick-chamber-of-commerce/ GALLERY IN PROGRESS (chronological order) -- Merrick, New York, U.S. April 17, 2024. Former NY Governor DAVID PATERSON, Senior Vice President of Las Vegas Sands Corp., speaks during Merrick Chamber of Commerce general meeting, about Sands New York project to build casino hotel at site of Nassau Coliseum, Nassau Hub

my BLOG POST: https://fromlongisland.com/2022/11/nassau-county-rally-gov-hochul/ Mineola, New York, U.S. October, 30, 2022. Nassau County rally with Governor Hochul is held outdoors at Local 338, RSDSU UFCW workers union site on Long Island.

Hempstead New York, October 5, 2018. Senator KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND holds Town Hall Meeting at Hofstra University on Long Island. Supreme Court nominee Judge Kavanaugh; opioid addiction crisis; abolishing ICE; immigration; and more were discussed.

Hempstead, New York, USA. January 1, 2018. Swearing-In of Hempstead Town Supervisor LAURA GILLEN by Lt. Gov. KATHY HOCHUL & Congresswoman KATHLEEN RICE, and swearing in of Hempstead Town Clerk SYLVIA CABANA by Hon. MICHAELLE SOLAGES, at Hofstra University.

Mineola, New York, USA. January 1, 2018. Swearing-In of LAURA CURRAN as Nassau County Executive, is held outdoors in front of Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building. NY Governor ANDREW CUOMO administered Oath of Office, and U.S. Senator CHUCK SCHUMER was special speaker.

Garden City, New York, USA. November 6, 2018. Nassau County Democrats watch Election Day results at Garden City Hotel, Long Island.

From Long Island 3/14/2018 blog post: https://fromlongisland.com/2018/03/bellmore-merrick-students-walk-out-to-protest-gun-violence/

North Merrick, New York, U.S. September 11, 2019. At Park Avenue School students and staff listen to a patriotic song, and then each class with its teacher pauses in front of the 9/11 Memorial Garden garden in front of the entrance, on their way back into the school. Some shook hands or hugged NICHOLAS CARRANO, 15, of Merrick, a member of Boy Scout Troop 123 and student at Mepham High School. Earlier in ceremony, Principal EILEEN SPEIDEL of the K-6 elementary school talked about the significance of 911 and the 9/11 Memorial Garden, on the 18th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001.

Westbury, New York, USA. January 15, 2017. "Our First Stand" Rally to Save Health Care - with hosts Reps. Kathleen Rice and Thomas Suozzi - stands against Republicans repealing the Affordable Care Act, ACA, making massive cuts to Medicaid, and defunding Planned Parenthood. Rally was held at Yes We Can Community Center on Long Island.

Wyandanch, New York, USA. March 26, 2017. Elected officials & political leaders participate in 1st activist training for members of Long Island affiliate of Together We Will. Rich Schaffer (Chairman of Suffolk County Democratic Committee); DuWayne Gregory (Presiding Officer & Suffolk County Legislator, District 15); Jay Jacobs (Chairman of Nassau County Democratic Committee); Laura Curran (Nassau County Legislator, District 5); & Lauren Corcoran-Doolin, (Democratic Leader, Town of Hempstead) spoke. TWWLI administrators Beth McManus Mehrtens & Sue Moller introduced program & speakers.

Melville, NY, USA. January 24, 2017. Together We Will Long Island activist group visits Melvill Office of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer during first Resist Trump Tuesdays - Stop Trump Tuesday,

To Light A Candle.... 9/11 Over the Years, related events and monuments blog post: https://fromlongisland.com/2017/09/to-light-a-candle-911/

Port Washington, New York, USA. April 11, 2016. HILLARY CLINTON, Democratic presidential primary candidate, has a discussion on gun violence prevention with Rep. STEVE ISRAEL and activists who lost family members due to shootings: (L-R) RITA KESTENBAUM who lost her daughter Carol at Arizona State University; MARIE DELUS who lost her nephew Pierre-Paul Jean-Paul in Queens; ERICA SMEGIELSKI who lost her mother Dawn Lafferty Hochsprungand the Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal in Newtown CT; NATASHA CHRISTOPHER who lost her 15-year-old son Akeal in Brooklyn; and SANDY PHILLIPS who lost her daughter Jessica Ghawi in Aurora, Colorado theater shooting.

Hofstra, New York, USA. September 13, 2016. DAVID AXELROD is the Signature Debate Speaker on The Evolving Media and Political Landscape, at Hofstra University, which will host the first Presidential Debate, between H.R. Clinton and D. J. Trump, scheduled for September 26.

Garden City, NY, USA. April 17, 2016. GABBY GIFFORDS, former U. S. Congresswoman, and her husband MARK KELLY, former NASA astronaut, speak at Canvass Kickoff, an Official Event for Hillary Clinton presidential primary campaign, at Nassau County Democratic Office in Garden City.

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Huntington, New York, U.S. - August 6, 2014 - Hillary Rodham Clinton promotes her new memoir, Hard Choices, at book signing event at Book Revue, Long Island.

Sept. 19, 2012 - Hempstead, New York, U.S. - Former Florida Governor JEB BUSH speaks at Hofstra University about "America's Promise in Uncertain Times." This lecture is part of 'Debate 2012 Pride Politics and Policy" a series of events leading up to when Hofstra hosts the 2nd Presidential Debate between Pres. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, on October 16, 2012, in a Town Meeting format.

Selection of Tom Suozzi news photos 2008 to 2017, in chronological order, New York, USA. Also includes NY Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, Nassau County Supvr. Ed Mangano, NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, former NY Gov. David Paterson, NY Rep. Kathleen Rice....

East Meadow, New York, U.S. March 31, 2012. Benefit for firefighter Ray Pfeifer battling cancer - Stage 4 Hypernephoma after months of recovery efforts at Ground Zero following 9/11 2001 Twin Towers terrorist attack. Fundraiser held at East Meadow Firefighters Benevolent Hall.

Oct. 23, 2012 - Merrick, New York, U.S. - Congresswoman CAROLYN MCCARTHY (D), and Challenger FRANK SCATURRO (C) first spoke at the 4th Annual "Meet the Candidate" Night held by civic associations of Merrick, with many in the area in new congressional and assembly districts. After each candidate for Congress, New York State Senate, Assembly, and courts spoke to the audience, community members could ask additional questions in the lobby.

Seaford, New York, USA. June 3, 2015. Governor Andrew Cuomo, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, and others speak at press conference in support of extending the NY Property Tax Cap. At the bi-partisan event at Knights of Columbus Hall, over a hundred area residents and officials urged an extension of the property tax cap before the state legislative session ends on June 17. The NY Property Tax Cap is set to expire June 2016, but is legally linked to NYC rent-control regulations set to expire this month.

Old Westbury, New York, U.S. 8th October 2013. Republican incumbent EDWARD MANGANO VS Democratic challenger THOMAS SUOZZI, former Nassau County Executive, in First Debate of Nassau County Executive candidates. Debate hosted by the Nassau County Village Officials Association, as the opponents face a rematch in November 5th election.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano gave State of the County Address at Cradle of Aviation air & space museum, in Garden City, New York, USA, on March 14, 2012

Journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein speak on 40th Anniversary of Watergate, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA. This lecture was about the Watergate political scandal, which lead to resignation of President Richard Nixon, and is one of Debate 2012 events at Hofstra, which the Commission on Presidential Debates chose as the site of its October 16, 2012 Presidential Debate.

Governor Howard Dean III, Edward Rollins, and Lord Stewart Wood of Anfield are panelists at "Change in the White House? Comparing the George W. Bush and Barack Obama Presidencies" on April 19, 2012, at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA. Hofstra's event was part of "Debate 2012" which leads up to Presidential Debate Hofstra is hosting on October 15, 2012.

Wolf Blitzer, anchor of CNN's The Situation Room, speaking at Hofstra University on Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Hempstead, New York, USA. During Blitzer's talk, he shared news clips, including from CNN presidential primary debates he moderated and election nights he anchored. Hofstra's "The World Today" event is part of "Debate 2012 - Pride, Politics and Policy" which leads up to the Presidential Debate Hofstra is hosting on October 15, 2012.

Oct. 8, 2012 - Hempstead, New York, U.S. - DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, author, journalist and historian, speaks at Hofstra University about "The Evolution of U.S. Presidential Debates: From G. Washington to Obama."

Sept. 12, 2012 - Hempstead, New York, U.S. - CHRISTINA ROMER, Former Chairperson of the Council of Economics Advisors for President Barack Obama, speaks at Hofstra University on: What's at Stake? Economic Issues in the 2012 Presidential Election. This lecture is part of Debate 2012 Pride Politics and Policy, a series of events leading up to when Hofstra hosts the 2nd Presidential Debate between Pres. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, on October 16, 2012, in a Town Meeting format.

Oct. 11, 2012 - Hempstead, New York, U.S. - ROBERT GIBBS, former White House Press Secretary and a longtime Advisor to Pres. Obama, and KARL ROVE, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to Pres. G. W. Bush, have a Point/Counterpoint discussion at Hofstra University Debate 2012 event. This is part of "Debate 2012 Pride Politics and Policy" a series of events leading up to when Hofstra hosts the 2nd Presidential Debate between Obama and M. Romney, on October 16, 2012, in a Town Meeting format.

Oct. 15, 2012 - Hempstead, New York, U.S. - Former White House Chief of Staff ERSKINE BOWLES (Democrat), and former Senator ALAN SIMPSON (Republican), co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, speak at Hofstra University about "America's Debt and Deficit Crisis: Issues and Solutions," with moderator PATRICK SOCCI, Dean of Hofstra's Zarb School of Business. This event with the Simpson-Bowles non-partisan U.S. fiscal debt reduction plan co-leaders, was part of "Debate 2012 Pride Politics and Policy" a series of events leading up to when Hofstra hosts the 2nd Presidential Debate between Obama and M. Romney, the next night, October 16, 2012, in a Town Meeting format.

Freeport, New York, USA. September 10, 2014. 9/11 Ceremony at Miss Freeport V, at Freeport Nautical Mile, Long Island, and hosted by Baldwin American Legion 246, Patriot Guard Riders, and Captain Frank Rizzo.

Brooklyn, New York, USA. January 11, 2012. 2nd Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti, at Brooklyn Borough Hall,, two years after Mw 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, and hosted by International Humanitarian Outreach Ministries, Inc. Keynote speaker was NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (NYPD).

Shelly Strickler, former long-time NYC anchor and reporter for WOR radio, discusses media coverage of the 'Naughty' Boys of Politics, from 1900 to present. New Hyde Park, New York, on March 25, 2014

Janet Hamlin, a courtroom artist covering the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, shows her drawings and discusses her work at Hofstra University. Her new book "Sketching Guantanamo" is a collection of her images. Hempstead, New York, U.S. November 12, 2013.

May 29, 2012 - Merrick, New York, U.S. - Merrick Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony hosted by American Legion Post 1282. Parade Grand Marshall was Everette Rosenblum, and co-chairs were Post Adjutant Robert Tom Riordan and post member Robert Dishman. Click CONTACT tab above if YOU, your family, group, property are IN a photo & have questions about purchasing prints, licensing usage...

After the non-partisan Nassau County Coalition of Civic Associations installs Executive Directors to the Board, on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at Lido Beach, New York, USA, the County's proposal to lease sewage treatment plants, and legislature redistricting, are among concerns discussed. * Region 1 - George Pombar, President of Todd Estates Civic Association, Glen Head * Region 2 - Phil Healey, President of Biltmore Shores Civic Association, Massapequa * Region 3 - Patrice Benneward, President of Glenwood/Glenn Head Civic Association * Region 6 - Claudia Borecky, President of North and Central Merrick Civic Association * Region 7 - Phil Franco, President of Seaford Harbor Civic Association * Region 8 - Greg Naham, President of Lido Homes Civic Association * Region 9 - (absent) Xaviar Rodriquez, Secretary of Locustwood/Gotham Civic Association, Elmont

Obama-Biden Rally at Eisenhower Park during Presidential Debate Barak Obama was participating in nearby at Hofstra University, on October 15, 2008, at Garden City, New York, USA.

[photos supplementing videos] North Merrick, New York, U.S. June 4, 2020. Black Lives Matter March heading east on Jerusalem Ave and then turning north onto Bellmore Avenue, toward East bound entrance to Southern State Parkway. Shortly before protestors arrive, Nassau County Police officers park several patrol cars at intersection to stop and divert traffic to make path for march.